Modifies the name and description of a vSwitch.

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Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes ModifyVSwitchAttribute

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to ModifyVSwitchAttribute.

VSwitchId String Yes vsw-25nacdfvue4****

The ID of the vSwitch.

VSwitchName String No VSwitch-1

The new name for the vSwitch.

The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length, and can contain letters, digits, periods (.), underscores (_), and hyphens (-). The name must start with a letter. It cannot start with http:// or https://.

RegionId String Yes cn-hangzhou

The ID of the region where the vSwitch is deployed. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the most recent region list.

Description String No This is my vswitch.

The new description for the vSwitch.

The description must be 2 to 256 characters in length. It must start with a letter but cannot start with http:// or https://.

Ipv6CidrBlock Integer No 10

The last eight bits of the IPv6 CIDR block of the vSwitch. Valid values: 0 to 255.

You can set this parameter only when the IPv6 feature is enabled for the virtual private cloud (VPC) to which the vSwitch belongs.

EnableIPv6 Boolean No true

Specifies whether to enable the IPv6 feature for the vSwitch. Valid values:

  • true: enables the IPv6 feature.
  • false: disables the IPv6 feature. This is the default value.
VpcIpv6CidrBlock String No 2408:XXXX:312:3e00::/56

The IPv6 CIDR block of the VPC to which the vSwitch belongs.

You can set this parameter only when the IPv6 feature is enabled for the VPC.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
RequestId String 0ED8D006-F706-4D23-88ED-E11ED28DCAC0

The ID of the request.

Examples

Sample requests

http(s)://[Endpoint]/?Action=ModifyVSwitchAttribute
&VSwitchId=vsw-25nacdfvue4****
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

<ModifyVSwitchAttributeResponse>
  <RequestId>0ED8D006-F706-4D23-88ED-E11ED28DCAC0</RequestId>
</ModifyVSwitchAttributeResponse>

JSON format 

{
    "RequestId": "0ED8D006-F706-4D23-88ED-E11ED28DCAC0"
}

Error codes

HttpCode Error code Error message Description
404 InvalidVSwitchId.NotFound The specified virtual switch does not exists. The error message returned because the specified vSwitch does not exist. Check whether the specified ID is valid.
400 InvalidVSwitchName.Malformed Specified virtual switch name is not valid. The error message returned because the format of the name is invalid. Check whether the specified name is valid.
400 InvalidVSwitchDiscription.Malformed Specified virtual switch description is not valid. The error message returned because the format of the description is invalid. Check whether the specified description is valid.
400 InvalidVSwitchDiscription.Malformed Specified virtual switch description is not valid. The error message returned because the description of the vSwitch is invalid.
400 UnsupportedFeature.CloudBoxIpv6 The IPv6 feature is not supported by cloud box. The error message returned because cloud boxes do not support creating IPv6 addresses.

For a list of error codes, visit the API Error Center.